Child Q: A mother’s worst nightmare
By 
Arlene Small2022-04-01T08:19:00
After a black pupil was strip searched by police at her east London school, protests erupted. A safeguarding report found the search of the 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, was unjustified and racism was “likely” to have been a factor. Arlene Small, a Christian and a barrister who attended one of the recent protests, responds
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